

Meiko and Taneda are a couple graduated from university two years ago. Unhappy with their lives, Meiko quits her job and encourages Taneda to have his band become professional.
Acting
Aoi Miyazaki's dead-eyed office despair is too real
Score
Original songs that actually sound like struggling indie band
Direction
Miki captures manga's emotional beats without cringe

Director
Takahiro Miki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapting Inio Asano's manga required capturing his signature 'beautiful mundanity'—the film shoots Tokyo's concrete overpasses and convenience stores with the same ache as the characters.
The band's music was performed by the actors themselves; Kengo Kora trained for months to make Taneda's guitar playing look authentically amateur-prodigy.